The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-03-25

Cattle and hogs:
EEs sst %Synths onded robss o sS 81 e!
Beef, pork, and dairy products:
Two montas ended Feb a5 i5550.e0s sls,a3i, Ia
THE CAPTIVE APAcHEs.
| Col. Ayre C ,innan,llng THE 81 artillery
at st. Frame AR &C y, F., mas m Tie a re-
| port IT, The war - . r mcnt conc rning the
Apache pr, oncis al For, Mar. ON, In which he
says lnaL Tie mum IN on Feb LIST was AL.
| Three call II u nave cen born since { at
date AMI ln,l ms have dlro, leaving 4 O in
coutinrmenl-S, men. Oh women and 1853
ciihIrrn. the Indians generally have be-
haved well. .Anout children are un ,er
| Instruction by the brOtners of ST. Joseph
academy and have maie gOOd progress
| Some Mn ily-,ilspOsrd white women have
b, eli nstructing the men curing the last
| IN nth, with siderable success, In tho ele-
| ments If the Il lgiisli language.
| HONDURAS DESIRES THRIFTY IMMIGRANTS
ne > crciary ~ Stale mas received a copy
| of the message of President BOgran To the
| T. mgr ~ OF Honduras in january last In
| IL the President defines the position of him
| SELF and honduras upon the great question
of Central American union, and relates some
lnLere Ting details concerning the war for
the same. President Bogrdn hopes for
settlement Of Tile foreign debt and the build.
Ing of the interOceanio railway, and states
that the prime object OF his administration
ms been to break the old routine and enter
boldly into the broad field of political
economy, opening the country to the great
Dement'S OF modern progress. Hence his
earnest desire for thrifty Immigrants and his
large and liberal concessions to induce
foreign capital TO settle in Honduras.
IMPORTANT LAND GRANT DECISION.
The Secretary of the Interior, in the case
Of Leander Scott vs.. The Kansas Pacific
Railroad, has decided to adhere to the
present system, of adjusting the limits of
rr.l To hnf 1tntsN
established in 1862, and defines the lateral
limits of such grants by describing an arc
from every point of the road as located on
the plats of public survey with q radius of
the length prescribed by the statute. Lines
drawn at tangent to such arcs will form
the limit. This decision rejects the system
proposed by the commissioner of the gem
tra land Office, Which would determine the
side limits of the grant by drawing lines of
the length prescribed by the statute from
every point of the road as located, but al
ways at right angles to n direct line connect
ing the termini OF the road. a line drawn
through the extremtie5 of such line would
form the limits. This decision Is OF great
Importance, as 1t applies TO all railroad
grants and grants or like character.
IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has amended
department regulations so as to conform to
the act OF congress approved Feb. % 1887,
which provides for the immediate transpOr-
tatiOn by express companies OF passengers
baggage and merchandise, and for extend
ing the privileges heretofore enjoyed by such
companies by permitting transportation
under cord and seal OF merchandise in
packages too large for the safes trunks, or
pouches prescribed in the act, and also by
permitting transportation of passengers
baggage and effects which shall appear BY
the manifest OF the importing vessel or other
satisfactory evidence to be destined to any
of the ports specified in the seventh section
of said act Hereinafter the certified extract
OF manifestS required by department regula-
tiOns will be dispensed with in eases where
the baggage and effects for which entry Is
permitted do not appear on the manifest OF
the importing vessel. La lieu thereof the
entry should contain or be accompanied by
memorandum of the satisfactory evidence OH
which the entry is permitted.
WHEAT AND CORN STATISTICS.
The March report Of the Department. OF
Agriculture of tue distribution and consump-
ton of wheat and corn shows that 10 per
cent OF the crop Is still in farmers hands, q
smaller proportion than in March, 1885 and
1896. but larger than in 1884. The estimated
remainder is G03, 000,OOO bushels. The esti-
mated proportion held for home consulnp-
ton is l .7 90, 900 bushels, leaving .SS, 000,-
600 for transportation beyond county lines
The proportion Of merchantable corn is 81
per cent making the quality OF the crop
comparative high, so being the average per
centage merchantable in u series OF years.
The amount of wheat on hand is 81 per
cent of the crop, or about 122 600, 90 bushels,
the largest surplus ever grown 1t IS 5000
600 bushels more than III March, 1884, and
24,000,00O bushels more than in 1852, after
the shortest crop for recent years. The pro-
portion held for local consumption Is 19i.-
100000 bushels, and the proportion to be
shipped beyond county lines O,OOJ
bushels. The quality of the crop is UNI
usually good in the principal whcat-grOwing
sections, the average weight being $50
pounds per bushel.
PAIDONED ny THE PRESIDENT.
The President has granted II pardon to
imprisonment in Wisconsin for pension
frauds. The President says:
This OffenSe pIedjudiceS me very much
against granting him any relief, hut his sen.
teDce having been served, AMI Edward :.
Bragg, himself q brave ami distinguished
soldier. having given the opinion that since
his sentence the convict has behaved well,
the pardon Is granted FOR the purpose OF re-
storing him to the rights ofcltizenship:
The President has refused to pardon David
Slanks, who has served his sentence Tor con-
spiracy to counterfeit In Illinois. Although
the pardon was merely to restore 10 citizen.
ship, the President declined to grant Ii with
out evidence of the good character and COLI
duct Of the applicant since his release. III
taking action on this the President says:
this mans behavior since his discharge, and
/ think the character of his otfense under
this proof important. In the absence of any
statements touching the question l am in
clined to rcjc.t this application.
FREE POSTAL DELIVERIES.
Under the recent act of congress extend
ing the free-delivery system to places having
q population OF ten thousand or q gross
revenue of the preceding fiscal year ending
June 30,h. OF $1,000. the failure OF the de-
ticiency Dili has prevented any action being
taken until Jdly |. when the regular appro-
priatiOn will be available.
The following places IN the states named,
hayin. either the population or the revenue,
may receive the benefits OF the new service
IL they haycthe ether requirements necessa-
ry, such as paved or planked sidewalks.
lighted streets. numbered houses, names OF
street, ut intersections, and indicate no
marked tendency to decline in prosperity
below "a limit OF population or revenue:
lllinos-Cairo, Champaign. ,anville. En-.
glew0od, Evanston, Freepoi jacksonville,
Moline, Ottawa, Sterling. leyille
Indiana Elkhart, Logansport, New Al
bany, Vincennes.
lOwa-Clinton. Iowa City, MarsiialltOwn,
Muscatine, Oskal0osa Waterloo.